If Beale Street could talk   Beale Street could talk   Married men would have to   Take their beds and walk      Except one or two   Who never drink booze   And the blind man on the corner   Who sings the Beale Street Blues      I'd rather be here   Than any place I know   I'd rather be here   Than any place I know      It's gonna take the sergeant   For to make me go      Goin' to the river   Maybe by and by   Goin' to the river   And there's a reason why      Because the river's wet   And Beale Street's done gone dry      Goin' to the river   Maybe by and by   Goin' to the river   And there's a reason why      Because the river's wet   And Beale Street's done gone dry      Because the river's wet   And Beale Street's done gone dry      Because the river's wet   And Beale Street's done gone dry